FADE IN
Act 1
INT. SITTING ROOM - 12:30
PETER is watching TV news.
PETER (V.O.): Oh, the Peruvian Police is evicting indigenous protesters from a mine.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've one Peruvian lawyer friend.
We hear: It's a China-owned copper mine. But the protesters say it was their ancestral land.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Peru is one of the few countries in the world that has special laws to protect traditional stuff.
Peter surfs the web.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): One community sold the land and was resettled about 10 years ago.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Ah, the protesters are from another community.
Act 2
INT. PETER'S NT HOME - 16:00
Listening to stereo extra-bass oldies, Peter grabs a book entitled "Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France".
PETER (V.O.): From 2000 to 2010, I was a China delegate to the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.
FLASHBACK
INT. WIPO, Geneva - Day (2005)
Coming out from a big conference room, Peter sees a stack of free copies of "Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France".
PETER (V.O.): Well, it seems that France has done a lot and wants to fuel the debate.
Peter flips through the pages.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My baggage has room for it.
Peter takes a copy.
END FLASHBACK
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now is the time to read it.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Oh yes, there're French Guiana and New Caledonia.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the continental system, traditional stuff can be protected by Trade Marks and Geographical Indications.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I was one of the WTO Dispute Settlement Panelists who settled similar disputes re US v European Communities and Australia v European Communities, 2004-2005.
Peter finds an angle to capture its cover before decluttering the book.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In late 2009, Hong Kong, China, was about to negotiate its 2nd Free Trade Agreement. The other side was the European Free Trade Association. (EFTA).
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As Switzerland was taking the lead in EFTA, I thought I should take the lead to negotiate on the intellectual property (IP) front for a second time.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The first time I did that was to negotiate with New Zealand. It was Hong Kong, China's first bilateral Free Trade Agreement.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As nearly all the clauses of its IP chapter were of the best-endeavour type, it was plain sailing.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But the one with EFTA tuned out to be very tough. It's like what was mine was mine and what's yours was negotiable.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Switzerland demanded Hong Kong, China, to provide level of IP protection well above the international standard, particularly on drugs.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The circumstances were such that the IP chapter would break or make the Agreement.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It was fortunate that I had put down Hong Kong, China's demand of Switzerland to provide for protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I knew Switzerland should have difficulty to do that. To me, it was quite a negotiation ploy.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In the last round of the negotiations, EFTA finally backed down on their demands to trade off mine; the IP chapter didn't break the Agreement.
Act 3
INT. SITTING ROOM - 22:30
Peter and his WIFE are watching TV drama.
WIFE: Oh, the broadcaster has made a NFT of the black cat being featured in the drama.
PETER: Yes, that's a creative way to generate revenue streams. I'm a shareholder of the TV company.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.): Looking back, I'm still proud that I creatively deployed what I had observed to balance the IP well-being of Hong Kong, China.
The TV is broadcasting a news story of the re-elected French President.
FADE OUT
THE END
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